The Long Island Sound Study sustainable and resilient communities extension professionals have established two assistance programs–the Long Island Sound Resilience Grant Writing Assistance Program and the Long Island Sound Resilience Planning Support Program.
Both programs are intended to assist communities within the Long Island Sound coastal boundary across New York and Connecticut. These programs address the main barriers we have heard in planning, designing, and implementing sustainability and resilience-focused projects–a lack of capacity, expertise and resources to prepare and apply for funding and a lack of capacity and resources to identify, conceptualize and develop projects. These opportunities are supported by funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency through the Long Island Sound Study and administered through New York Sea Grant (NYSG) and Connecticut Sea Grant (CTSG). The map below shows the Long Island Sound coastal boundary in pink.
As of October 1st, 2024 a third round of the Long Island Sound Resilience Grant Writing Support Program is available for municipalities and community organizations.
The Program assists New York and Connecticut communities within the Long Island Sound coastal boundary to hire a grant writing consultant to develop successful sustainability and resilience-focused project grant proposals and increase capacity within municipalities and community organizations to navigate the funding landscape. Up to $9,950 in funding is available per application and match is not required! The Program is open on a rolling basis until all the available funding has been allocated.
The request for proposals is available on the Long Island Sound Resilience Resource Hub website.
A second round of the Long Island Sound Resilience Planning Support Program will be available in December 2024.
The Program assists New York and Connecticut communities within the Long Island Sound coastal boundary to help identify and develop sustainability and resilience-focused projects. This program aims to help communities assess local climate risks, conceptualize project ideas, and conduct preliminary planning efforts/steps in order to be well positioned to access funding to design and implement successful sustainability and resilience-focused projects. At the conclusion of this Program, it is anticipated that awardees will be ready to seek funding for resilience-focused projects and can choose to utilize the Grant Writing Assistance Program.
The request for proposals will be available in December. Visit the Long Island Sound Resilience Resource Hub website to stay up to date.
In the first round of the Planning Support Program New York Sea Grant and Connecticut Sea Grant are supporting 15 projects across the watershed!
For more info watch one of the virtual information sessions that were held in November 2023:
For more information or questions contact: LISresilience@gmail.com
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